Razor.



No. 757,656; Y PATBNTED APE. 19, 1904. J. GUINAN.

RAZURS. v APPLIQAT'IQN FILED o o'T. 1e, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 1e, 1904. y

JOHN GUINAN, OF WOODHAVEN, NEW/V YORK.

RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,656, dated April19, 1904. Application filed ctober 16, 1903. Seria1lo. 177,320. (Nomodel.)

To LLZ whom, t may concer-1c:

Be it known that I, JOHN GUINAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at VVoodhaven, in the county of Queens and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razors, of whichthe following is a specification.

A razor in the hands of one skilled in its use may be successfully andeffectively wielded under normal conditions, but wh en traveling theunsteady motion of. the carrier, vessel, or car renders the use of therazor unsafe and dangerous. Aged and nervous persons and beginners areliable to inflict injury to themselves when using the razor for shavmg.

This invention provides a razor andV safety attachment which may be usedjointly and which will enable the razor to be used without thesafeguard, the latter being constructed to hold firm upon the razor whenapplied thereto and adapted to be readily reversed from one side to theother and to be easily attached to or removed from the razor, asrequired.

The invention consists of the novel structural features and combinationsof parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly described andclaimed, and illustrated in the drawings hereto attached, in whichcorresponding parts are designated by the same reference-numerals in allthe views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a razor and safetyattachment combined embodying the essential features of the invention.Fig. 2 is a section on the line X X of Fig. 1 looking to the right, asindicated by the arrow, showing the parts on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is asection on the line Y Y of Fig. 1 looking to the right, as indicated bythe arrow, the parts being illustrated on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the safety attachment.

The razor comprises the blade 1 andthe shank 2 and is adapted to beprovided with the usual handle. (Not shown.) The end of the shank 2adjacent to the blade 1 is reduced, as shown at 3, and of polygonal formin transverse section, so asto preclude slipping of the safetyattachment when properly applied.

The reduced portion 3, as illustrated, is an Octagon in cross-section,although this form is not essential so long as a plurality of sides orfaces are provided for the jaws of the clamp to rmly grip.

The guard-bar 4 comprises parallel members spaced apart and joined atintervals by means of ties 5, which consist of short bars.y Thecompanion parts of the guard 4 are preferably integrally formed,consisting of a fiat strip having elongated openings 6 formed therein`to provide the companion members of the guard and the connecting piecesor ties 5. The connectingbars 5 are alternately bent in oppositedirections from the plane of the guard to form projections at oppositesides, which are adapted to come in contact with the sides of the blade1 and space the guard therefrom to admit of the edge of the razorperforming effective work and t0 provide-ample clearance for the soapand beard. The outer end of the guard 4 is upwardly curved, as shown at7, and the clip 8 is pivoted thereto and provided with inwardly-extendedlugs 9 toV embrace the back and sides of the blade to hold the outer endof the attachment in place. A lug 10, projected from a side of thecurved end 7, prevents outward displacement of the clip when properlyfitted to the outer end of the blade.

The inner orV rear end of the guard 4 is curved upward, as shown at 11,to form one member of a clamp, the upper end of the clamp member beingoutwardly curved to form the jaw 12. The coperatin g clamp member 13 ispivoted tothe clamp member 11 intermediate of its ends, and its upperportion is outwardly curved'to form the jaw 14 to actin opposition tothe jaw 12 for gripping opposite sides of the polygonal portion 3 of theshank 2. Any means may be employed for pivotallyconnecting the clampmember 13 to the clamp member 11,' and,as shown, the part 13 has aportion 15 pressed therefrom to form a tongue, which is passed throughan opening ofthe member 11 and bent, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, tohold the two parts 13 and 11 together. The gripping sidgsgijhjws 12 and14 may be curved or formed in any manner, but it is preferred to havethem con- IOO form to the sides or faces of the polygonal part 3,thereby preventing' turning of the guard upon the shaft after the jawshave been pressed together to grip the part 3. The jaws 12 and 14 areoutwardly defiected between their ends, so as to embrace upper, lower,and opposite side portions of the shank, as shown most clearly in Fig.2, thereby preventing possible displacement or movement of the clamp.The shoulders formed at the end of the reduced portion 3 constitutestops for the ends of the clamp to abut against and prevent anylongitudinal movement thereof.

Any means may be employed for pressing the lower ends of the clampmembers 11 and 13 apart to cause the jaws 12 and 14 to move inward andgrip the part 3. The means found most simple and to give the bestresults consist of the lever 16, pivoted to a member of the clamp, as11, and having the cam or wedge end 17 extended between the lower endsof the clamp members 11 and 13. Ears 18 are provided at the rear end ofthe lever 16 to embrace opposite sides of the shank 2 to hold the leverin place and prevent lateral movement thereof. A rib 19 projects fromthe upper side of the lever 16 and is adapted to enter a corresponding'groove 20, formed in the shank Q, so as to prevent any longitudinalmovement of the guard when properly fitted to the blade 1 for use. Whenthe wedge or cam end 17 of the lever 18 is moved inward, the jaws 1Q and14 of the clamp are adapted to separate a distance to admit of the part3 of the shank either being passed between the jaws or removedtherefrom, as required.v When the safety attachment has its clampportion fitted to the part3 of the razorshank, it is secured by pressingthe .rear end of the lever 16 toward the shank until the ears 18 embraceopposite sides of the shank and the rib 19 enters the groove 20. Afterthe guard has been thus secured at its rear end it is made fast at itsfront end by turning the clip 8 up against the outer end of the blade 1y and causing' the lugs 9 to embrace the back and sides thereof. Toreverse the guard from one side of the blade to the other, it isnecessary to turn the clip 8 outward and downward and to operate thelever 16 to loosen the clamp when the blade or the guard mayberelatively turned, as found most convenient, the attachment being madesecure by retightening the clamp and setting up clip 8 in the mannerdescribed.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Incombination with a razor, a safety attachment comprising a guard, aclamp at the inner end of the guard, a lever for tightening the clampand provided with ears to embrace opposite sides of the shank of therazor, and means for securing the outer end of the guard to therazor-blade, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a razor, a safety attachment comprising a guard,a clamp at the inner end of the guard, a lever for tightening the clampand provided with ears to embrace opposite sides of the shank of therazor, an interlocking projection between said lever and shank toprevent relative longitudinal displacement of the guard, and means forsecuring the guard at its outer end to the bladev of the razor,substantially as specified.

3. In combination with a razor having a portion of its shank ofpolygonal form in crosssection, a guard, a clamp at the inner end of theguard composed of jaws oppositely deflected between their ends toembrace Lipper', lower and opposite side portions of said polygonalportion of the shank, and means for securing the outer. end of the guardto the blade, substantially as set forth.

4. In combination, a razor having a portion of its shank reduced and ofpolygonal form in cross-section, a safety attachment comprising a clampcomposed of jaws oppositely deflected between their ends to embraceupper, lower and opposite side portions of the polygonal portion of theshank and conforming to the faces thereof, and having' the ends of thejaws abutting against the shoulders vformed at the ends of saidpolygonal portion, and means for securing the outer end of the guard tothe blade of the razor, substantially as set forth.

5. A safety attachment for razors comprising a guard consisting' ofspaced members connected at intervals and having portions projected fromopposite sides to properly space the guard from either side of theblade, substantially as set forth.

' 6. In a safety attachment for razors, a guard comprising spacedlongitudinal members and intermediate connecting portions, the latterbeing deflected to form projections at opposite sides of the guard toproperly space the same from either side of the blade, substantially asset forth.

7. In a safety attachment for razors, aguard comprising a strip having aseries of elongated openings formed therein to provide spaced parallelmembers and intermediate connecting portions, the latter beingalternately deflected from the plane of the strip to form spacingprojections at opposite sides of the guard, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

` JOHN GUINAN. [L sl Witnesses:

ELIzABETH V. GUINAN,

JOHN J. BYRNES.

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